Update four – ADVICE – Bushfire in Namadgi National Park

The ACT Rural Fire Service is working to extinguish a bushfire fire burning at Northern slopes of Mount Namadgi.

The Bushfire Alert and Warning Level for this fire has been set at ADVICE.

The ACT Rural Fire Service has 20 remote area firefighters currently working on the fire. Crews have constructed a containment line around the entire perimeter of the fire and are now extinguishing smouldering fuel within this contained area.

The fire is approximately 18.2 hectares in size and is being controlled.

The Fire Danger Rating where this fire is burning is LOW-MODERATE.

Fires burning in LOW-MODERATE conditions can be easily controlled.

There is little to no risk to life and property in the urban or rural areas of the ACT.